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Antoine Nduwayo (born 1942) was the Prime Minister of Burundi from February 22, 1995, until July 31, 1996. He is an ethnic
Tutsi The Tutsi (), or Abatutsi (), are an ethnic group of the African Great Lakes region. They are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group and the second largest of three main ethnic groups in Rwanda and Burundi (the other two being the largest Bantu ethnic grou ...

Lemarchand, René, "Burundi: ethnic conflict and genocide." Cambridge University Press (1996) . Page xxi. Retrieved February 26, 2011 and a member of
UPRONA The Union for National Progress (french: Union pour le Progrès national, UPRONA) is a nationalist political party in Burundi. It initially emerged as a nationalist united front in opposition to Belgian colonial rule but subsequently became an i ...
. He was appointed prime minister by the
Hutu The Hutu (), also known as the Abahutu, are a Bantu ethnic or social group which is native to the African Great Lakes region. They mainly live in Rwanda, Burundi and the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where they form one of the prin ...
president in an effort to stop some Tutsis from fighting with his government. He resigned shortly after the 1996 military coup. Opened in October 2019, the trial on the assassination of the first democratically elected Hutu president, Melchior Ndadaye delivered it's verdict on October 19, 2020, more than a year after its opening and two days before the anniversary of the assassination. Nduwayo, as well as the former president of Burundi,
Pierre Buyoya Pierre Buyoya (24 November 1949 – 17 December 2020) was a Burundian army officer and politician who served two terms as President of Burundi in 1987 to 1993 and 1996 to 2003. He was the second-longest serving president in Burundian history. An ...
, and fifteen other defendants, were sentenced to life imprisonment for "an attack on the Head of State, an attack on the authority of the State and an attempt to bring massacre and devastation ”and to a fine of 102 billion Burundian francs. Three other defendants were sentenced to 20 years in prison. Nduwayo was the only accused to be acquitted by Burundian justice.


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Living people 1942 births Union for National Progress politicians Prime Ministers of Burundi Tutsi people {{Burundi-politician-stub